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Q:WhatshouldIdoif my vehicle stalls, or isHere are some things you must not do if you stall, or about to stall, and I can not make it up theare about to stall, when going up a hill. hill? • Never attempt to prevent a stall by shifting into A: If this happens, there are some things you shouldNEUTRAL(N)to“rev-up” the engine and regain do, and there are some things you must not do.forward momentum. This will not work. Your vehicle First, here is what you should do:will roll backwards very quickly and you could go out of control. • Push the brake pedal to stop the vehicle and keepInstead, apply the regular brake to stop the vehicle. it from rolling backwards. Also, apply the parkingThen apply the parking brake. Shift to brake. REVERSE(R), release the parking brake, and • If your engine is still running, shift the transmissionslowly back straight down. to REVERSE(R), release the parking brake, and• Never attempt to turn around if you are about to slowly back down the hill in REVERSE (R).stall when going up a hill. If the hill is steep • If your engine has stopped running, you will need toenough to stall your vehicle, it is steep enough to restart it. With the brake pedal pressed and thecause you to roll over if you turn around. If you can parking brake still applied, shift the transmission tonot make it up the hill, you must back straight PARK(P) and restart the engine. Then, shift todown the hill. REVERSE(R),release the parking brake, andQ:Suppose, after stalling, I try to back down the slowly back down the hill as straight as possible inhill and decide I just can not do it. What should REVERSE(R). I do? • As you are backing down the hill, put your left hand on the steering wheel at the 12 o’clock position.A: Set the parking brake, put your transmission in This way, you will be able to tell if your wheels arePARK(P) (or the manual transmission in straight and maneuver as you back down. It isFIRST(1)) and turn off the engine. Leave the best that you back down the hill with your wheelsvehicle and go get some help. Exit on the uphill straight rather than in the left or right direction.side and stay clear of the path the vehicle Turning the wheel too far to the left or rightwould take if it rolled downhill. will increase the possibility of a rollover. 4-20

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